Predictors of Smoking Cessation and Relapse in Cancer Patients and Effect on Psychological Variables: an 18-Month Observational Study
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- 作者：Anne-Josée Guimond MA ; Virginie A. Croteau BA…
- 关键词：Smoking cessation ; Smoking relapse ; Cancer ; Longitudinal ; Risk factors ; Predictor
- 刊名：Annals of Behavioral Medicine
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：51
- 期：1
- 页码：117-127
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- 刊物主题：Medicine/Public Health, general; Health Psychology; General Practice / Family Medicine;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1532-4796
- 卷排序：51
文摘
BackgroundAlthough cancer patients are generally strongly advised to quit smoking in order to improve treatment efficacy and survival, up to 68 % of patients who were smokers at the time of cancer diagnosis continue smoking. Psychological factors such as depression and anxiety are likely to be associated with smoking behavior following a cancer diagnosis, but the empirical evidence is scarce.